Manuscript Articles of Agreement, Linden (or Lincoln?) May 11th, 1850 by Christian, Preston K., And Marvel M. Jones - 0

handwritten. Very Good. Manuscript. quarto, one page docketed in ink on verso, sixteen lines on light blue sheet of paper. Old creases and folds, few ink smears, else a very good clean copy. Articles of agreement between Christian and Jones: "Wherein the said Christian agrees to furnish team and hall [sic] the outfitt [sic] to California for the said Jones Wilson W. Jones and Wilson P. Jones. The said Jones agrees that himself and W. W. Jones and W. P. Jones will do their proportionall [sic] part of the labor while on the journey and the said Marvel Jones further agrees to pay the said Christain the sum of three hundred and twenty five dollars when they arrive in California.." Rare contract for transport on the overland journey to California during the second summer of the Gold Rush. The document suggests that Linden, possibly in Indiana, is the origin of the document, however it is more likely that a Missouri point would be the more likely starting point for the journey, perhaps Lincoln, Missouri.